Since the beginning of 2021, the world has experienced a series of large-scale cyber attacks. (Source: Reuters) In an age where technology is creeping into every aspect of life, the term cyberattack is not new. Many people think simply that a cyber attack is an attempt by a hacker to steal data or money by infiltrating a computer network, databases, network infrastructure, websites, and devices. individual or organization. But now, hackers have found a way to make a lot of money illegally by attacking physical infrastructure targets, disrupting essential services, affecting not only to a person, a company that can spread to an entire city, even a country. Cyberattacks on the rise Over the past time, the US has continuously suffered from ransomware attacks targeting large companies, non-governmental organizations and government agencies. Most recently, on June 2, a ferry terminal operator service in the US state of Massachusetts became the target of a cyber attack, partially disrupting the ferry service payment system. Previously, hackers attacked the world’s leading meat processing group JBS SA, a branch in the US. In early May, the largest US oil pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline was also attacked by ransomware and forced to shut down some systems, disrupting supplies and pushing gasoline prices to record highs. green. Not only the US, the targets of hackers are very diverse. According to data from cybersecurity company BlackFog, from the beginning of 2021 to the present, US organizations and businesses have suffered 52 ransomware attacks, three times higher than the second-ranked country, the UK (16 (16). competition), followed by France (7), Canada (7), Australia (4), the Netherlands (4) and India (3). The rest of the world suffered only 39 attacks by hackers. Danger wave According to CNN, hacker groups have found that attacking critical service infrastructure can easily make them more money, in less time. These types of attacks have the potential to cause chaos in life, which can lead to product scarcity, push prices higher… The bigger the disruption, the quicker the hacked companies pay the hacker to fix the problem soon. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has listed 16 industries as critical infrastructure sectors, including energy, healthcare, financial services, water, etc. Attacks, disruption of these industries can have a dramatic impact, undermining the US economy and security. More dangerously, most companies in this industry do not consider themselves technology-focused companies, leaving the operating system defenseless against increasingly sophisticated attacks by hackers. In addition, it is no coincidence that cyber attacks have increased sharply in the context of the raging Covid-19 pandemic. Millions of people move to remote work, including employees with access to critical infrastructure, while ransomware is deployed simply by enticing victims to click a link in an email. . Eric Cole, a former cybersecurity official under President Barack Obama, said that in order to promote automation, the internal networks of critical infrastructures are now networked and make the risk more risky. higher attack. In particular, hospital systems and healthcare providers are often targeted because they are busy dealing with Covid-19 and have little time to update their defenses. In response to this new wave of danger, on June 3, the White House sent an open letter, asking essential service companies to “consider ransomware as a threat to our core business.” themselves, rather than simply risk data theft.” US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on June 6 asked the private sector of the country to be vigilant against the increasing wave of cyber attacks, and said that the threat is always present and even present. may become more severe. In order to protect your safety as well as your wallet, according to CNN , not only the US, companies, organizations and agencies also need to quickly close potential vulnerabilities in the system, update software and ensure that the most important functions are “immune” from damage. network attacks. Individuals also need to be cautious and alert before clicking on any link on the internet.

Also according to Microsoft, Nobelium is the “Russian guy” and is also the person behind the attack targeting SolarWinds customers in 2020. The organization behind the SolarWinds cyberattack discovered last year is currently targeting government agencies, research institutions, think tanks and NGOs. The comments come weeks after a May 7 ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline that shut down the largest US fuel pipeline network for several days, disrupt the national supply, On May 27, Microsoft announced that: “This wave of attacks targeted approximately 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organizations.” Microsoft said that US organizations are the most vulnerable to attacks, targeted victims come from at least 24 different countries. According to Microsoft, at least a quarter of the organizations targeted are engaged in international development, humanitarian and human rights issues. This week, Nobelium launched attacks by breaking into a marketing email account of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), thereby launching phishing attacks to multiple organizations. other. In statements issued Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security and USAID both said they have received and are in the process of investigating the above attack. The attack on information technology company SolarWinds, identified in December, accessed the information of thousands of companies and government offices using its products. Microsoft President Brad Smith described the attack as “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen”. The attacks announced Thursday appear to be a continuation of multiple attempts to target government agencies involved in foreign policy, as part of an intelligence-gathering effort, Microsoft said. Intelligence. The company is currently in the process of notifying all of its target customers and has “no reason to believe” that these attacks are related to any exploits or vulnerabilities in the system. Microsoft products or services. Le Duyen (According to Reuters)

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide speaks at the National Assembly. (Photo: Kyodo) Congress Japan on May 12 passed a law that will create a new government agency next September, with the function of promoting digital apps . The new agency will have about 500 people, of which 120 include information technology engineers. Under the new law, the government will remove personal seals (also known as hanko) from official documents and allow the use of digital data instead of paper documents. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide’s government hopes that with this agency, Japan will increase the application of digital at central and local agencies to improve service quality. Under the new law, Japan will upgrade computer systems at central and local agencies, and enact a nationwide general law to protect personal information. Increased exchange of personal information can cause data leaks and other risks, so the digital application law will also provide privacy protections. Prime Minister Suga’s government has given high priority to digital reform as Japan seeks to strengthen administrative reform through the use of information technology.

Illustration. https://kinhtexaydung.petrotimes.vn The action comes as Colonial Pipeline continues to face a ransomware attack that crippled the pipeline system, leading to widespread fuel shortages along the East Coast, prompting the Biden administration to take notice. get “the response of the whole government”. The Colonial Pipeline hack is just the latest example of criminal groups or state actors exploiting US cyber vulnerabilities. Last year, IT company SolarWinds’ software was breached, giving hackers access to communications and data within several government agencies. “We simply cannot let waiting for trouble next thing that happens is the status quo we are operating in,” an official told reporters during a conference call on the evening of May 12. Biden’s executive order takes several steps to modernize the nation’s cybersecurity: Require information technology service providers to notify the government of cybersecurity breaches that may affect U.S. networks and remove certain contractual barriers that may prevent providers from doing so. provide violations. Create a standardized guidebook and set of definitions for federal responses to cyber incidents. Push the federal government to upgrade to secure cloud services and other network infrastructure, and mandate multi-factor authentication and encryption for a specific period of time. Improve the security of software sold to the government, by requiring developers to publicly share certain confidential data. Establish a “Cybersecurity Review Board” composed of public and private sector officials, which may convene after cyber attacks to analyze the situation and make recommendations. Improve information sharing within the federal government by enacting a government-wide endpoint detection and response system. News of the President’s action came about an hour after Colonial announced it had restarted pipeline operations, although it would take several days for fuel deliveries to return to normal. “Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel and jet fuel as possible and will continue to do so until the market returns to normal,” the statement also thanked the Biden administration “for its leadership and their cooperation”. https://kinhtexaydung.petrotimes.vn

Limit events, activities gather people The epidemic of COVID-19 in the world continues to be complicated, with the number of new cases and deaths still increasing in many countries. Especially in a number of neighboring countries that share a border with our country, the epidemic is booming on a large scale. In the country, although well controlled, the risk of disease outbreaks is always permanent, especially from sources of illegal entry and entry; There has been a situation of negligence, subjectivity, improper implementation, inadequate measures to prevent and control epidemics as prescribed, a phenomenon of fear of vaccination against disease appears. In order to prevent epidemics and protect people’s health, especially in the upcoming big holidays, the Prime Minister asked to continue to limit unnecessary events and activities gathering people. In case of organization, must strictly implement safety measures, in particular, must comply with wearing masks, disinfection … in accordance with regulations. The Prime Minister asked to limit events and activities that gather crowds of people to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. (Illustration) Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies are responsible for epidemic prevention and control within their management scope. Chairmen of People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities are responsible for the COVID-19 prevention and control in their respective localities; report to the Party Committee at the same level for unified direction. The Minister of Health is responsible for professional direction, proactively advising and proposing interdisciplinary issues, beyond his authority; urge all branches and levels to implement the directions of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities drastically direct and inspect and supervise the strict implementation of the 5K requirement of the Ministry of Health. practice, especially wearing mandatory masks in public places, at events with large numbers of people, on public transport. Agencies, units, organizations, enterprises … regularly self-assess the implementation of epidemic prevention and control requirements and measures, update self-assessment results on the anti-epidemic map system. The functional forces regularly inspect and urge the implementation of anti-epidemic measures within and within their management areas, especially at medical establishments, schools, tourist establishments, and establishments. production, markets, supermarkets, airports, bus stations … Strictly handle organizations and individuals that violate epidemic prevention and control; actively updating and completing plans, ready to respond to all situations of translation. When detecting a case, the relevant forces must focus on directing and immediately applying measures to localize, trace and isolate; resolutely not to spread the epidemic on a large scale. The application of measures of social isolation, blockade, and separation must follow the practical and effective motto; ensuring safety, but not letting production and business stall on an excessively necessary scale; minimizing adverse impacts on production, business and people’s life. Tightly manage vaccines, entry into Vietnam The Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of Health to allocate and organize vaccination in accordance with the epidemic developments, ensuring absolute safety, not letting overdue vaccines; continue to proactively approach other vaccine sources in the world while focusing on promoting research and development of vaccines in the country. Strengthen proactive screening, testing on a large scale for cases with symptoms of cough, fever, shortness of breath, respiratory tract infections and other cases with high risk of infection in the community. The Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strictly control immigration activities on border routes. The Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to intensify activities to review and quickly detect cases of illegal entry in the area, strictly handle immigration cases by law. illegal, especially in the border provinces, especially the southwest border. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transport, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, continue to strictly manage the entry and the way. post-isolation medical isolation and follow-up, and at the same time prepare the necessary elements ready to expand the subjects of entry to suit the epidemic situation in the spirit of development, but must ensure safety. Relevant ministries, agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government manage and closely monitor establishments to isolate people on entry, to prevent cross-spread and spread of diseases to the community.

Kien Giang urgently built a field hospital – Photo: VOV Accordingly, the Covid-19 epidemic in the world continues to be complicated, with the number of new cases and deaths still increasing in many countries. Especially in a number of neighboring countries that share a border with our country, the epidemic is booming on a large scale. In the country, although well controlled, the risk of disease outbreaks is always permanent, especially from sources of illegal entry and entry; There has been a situation of negligence, subjectivity, improper and incomplete implementation of anti-epidemic measures as prescribed, a phenomenon of fear of vaccination against disease appears. In order to firmly maintain the results of epidemic prevention and control, successfully realize the dual goal, best protect the people’s health, especially in the upcoming big holidays, the Prime Minister requests ministries and agencies to Ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strengthen vigilance against epidemic risks, promote responsibility for leaders, implement drastically, synchronously and effectively epidemic prevention and control measures have been proposed with the motto “active prevention, early detection, fast isolation, effective treatment, complete handling, and prompt stabilization of the situation”. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies are responsible for epidemic prevention and control under their management. Chairmen of the People’s Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government are responsible for the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in their locality; report to the Party Committee at the same level for unified direction. The Minister of Health is responsible for professional direction, proactively advising and proposing interdisciplinary issues, beyond his authority; urging branches and levels to implement the instructions of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic; to sum up and report the situation and results to the Prime Minister. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities drastically direct and inspect and supervise the strict implementation of measures: Strictly complying with the requirements. 5K of the Ministry of Health, especially wearing mandatory masks in public places, at events with a large concentration of people, on public transport. Agencies, units, organizations, enterprises … regularly self-assess the implementation of epidemic prevention and control requirements and measures, update self-assessment results on the anti-epidemic map system. Regularly inspect and urge the implementation of anti-epidemic measures within and within the management area, especially at medical establishments, schools, tourist establishments, production establishments, markets, supermarket, airport, bus station …; strictly handle organizations and individuals that violate epidemic prevention and control. Proactively update and complete the plans ready to respond to all situations of translation. If a case is detected, it must focus on directing and immediately applying measures to localize, trace and isolate; resolutely not to spread the epidemic on a large scale. The application of measures of social isolation, blockade, and separation must follow the practical and effective motto; ensuring safety, but not letting production and business stall on an excessively necessary scale; minimizing adverse impacts on production, business and people’s life. Continue to limit unnecessary events and activities that gather people; In case of organization, must strictly implement safety measures, in particular, must comply with wearing a mask, disinfection … in accordance with regulations. The Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Health to review and complete plans for epidemic prevention and control on a national scale, ready to respond to every epidemic situation. Review and complete appropriate anti-epidemic measures in the new situation, guide safety measures in events and activities with a large concentration of people, at facilities that are frequently crowded. people. The Ministry of Health urgently implemented the Government’s resolution on the purchase and use of Covid-19 vaccines; distribute and organize vaccination in accordance with the situation of epidemic developments, ensure absolute safety, prevent overdue vaccines. Continue to proactively approach other vaccine sources in the world, and at the same time focus on strengthening vaccine research and development in the country. At the same time, strengthening proactive screening, testing on a large scale for cases with symptoms of cough, fever, difficulty breathing, respiratory tract inflammation and other cases with high risk of infection in the community. Ministries: National Defense, Public Security, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strictly control immigration activities on border lines. In particular, the Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Committee of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strengthen activities to review and quickly detect cases of illegal entry in the area, strictly handle entry cases by law. illegal, especially in the border provinces, especially the southwest border. Ministries: Foreign Affairs, Public Security, National Defense, Health, Transport, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, continue to strictly manage entry, isolation, post-isolation medical supervision, at the same time prepare the necessary elements ready to expand the subjects of entry to suit the epidemic situation in the spirit of development but ensure safety. Relevant ministries, agencies, the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities manage and closely monitor establishments to isolate people on entry, to prevent cross-spread and epidemic spread to the community.